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My Port of Beirut (Paperback)
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My Port of Beirut (Paperback)
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Loot Price R569
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In August 2020, Lebanon was in the midst of the global pandemic and
a devastating economic crisis. People protested in the streets,
calling for the removal of a political elite accused of greed,
negligence and incompetence. The Lebanese people felt as though
their country was staring into the abyss. But the worst was yet to
come. On the evening of August 4, 2020, Hangar 12 of the
Port of Beirut exploded, and then exploded again. A shockwave
moving faster than the speed of sound tore through Beirut, leaving
nearly 200 people dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. The
blast had been caused by the storing of thousands of tons of
ammonium nitrate alongside a stash of fireworks - a deadly
arrangement about which the government had known, but done nothing.
For six months straight, French-Lebanese author and artist Lamia
Ziadé wrote, illustrated and recorded every new piece of
information, every photograph of the wreckage or the wounded that
made its way around WhatsApp groups, Instagram and Twitter. In My
Port of Beirut, Ziadé weaves together the play-by-play of the
tragedy with her own personal stories, as well as the historical
and political background that made such a catastrophe possible and,
perhaps, inevitable.
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